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Jan 28, Colombo: Preliminary investigations carried out to probe the riots in Sri Lanka’s main remand prison have revealed a carefully coordinated internal plan for the uprising, a government minister said.

Jan 28, Colombo: Over two years after eradicating terrorism form the country, Sri Lanka is taking measures to develop tourism in the former conflict-affected areas to economically strengthen the region and provide employment to the inhabitants.

(Lanka-e-News-28.Jan.2012,7.30PM) After an individual was taken into custody some time ago based on his links to a multi million credit card scam , it has come to light that he is closely associated with the police hierarchy . Consequently, desperate attempts are now being made…

The Police have commenced a countrywide operation to arrest 50,000 fake doctors who are currently op..

New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), California-based Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), and Washington-based SPEAK, three premier Rights organizations which routinely use litigation to resolve constitutional issues and to indict violators of rights in a press release issued Thursday condemned the proposed appointment of Shavendra Silva - an ex-General of the Sri Lanka [...]

“Tamil Imprints in New Zealand” by 87-year-old Eezham Tamil author A.T. Arumugam, now living in New Zealand, re-documents and discusses in detail a bronze bell inscribed in Tamil in c. 14-15 century writing that was in the possession of the native Maori people of New Zealand. Originally written in 2007 in Tamil, the book has [...]

Jan 27, Colombo: A Sri Lankan visa applicant was arrested for using deception and counterfeit documents to apply for a UK visa on 9 January, 2012, the British High Commission said in a press release Friday.

Jan 28, Colombo: Environment Minister of Sri Lanka Anura Priyadarshana Yapa says the country’s current excessive consumption of water would make it a highly expensive commodity in the near future.

Jan 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says government was not interested in finding a political solution to the ethnic issue and wanted it to continue to avoid other key issues.

Jan 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) says the government is to give a stake in Chinese funded development projects to the government of China in lieu of the monies needed to be paid for loan payments.

Jan 28, Colombo: As a gesture of goodwill Sri Lanka has donated US$ 50,000 to the Philippine Government to assist that country’s disaster relief operations following the disastrous flooding caused by the Typhoon Washi last month.

Jan 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka major opposition United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremasinghe will meet the chief prelates of the Malwatte and Asgiriya Chapters of Siyam sect today.

Jan 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s state owned Lanka Electricity Company (LECO) has taken steps to install a solar power system in the Presidents’ official residence Temple Trees.

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Pandukabaya of the North-central Naval Command have recovered four pressure mines and four 60mm mortars in the General Area of Puliyankuluma. The Navy Media Unit said they were found on information received by the Navy.
The Navy conducts search operations to clear the general areas of hidden LTTE war-like materials to [...]

Jan 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Coast Conservation Department says that the government has allocated Rs. 500 million to implement measures to strengthen the coastal safety and to prevent the sea erosion.

Spain’s unemployment figure passed the five million mark in the last quarter of 2011, official figures show. The National Statistics Institute said 5.3 million people were out of work at the end of December, up from 4.9 million in the third quarter.
The rate rose from 21.5% in the third quarter to 22.8% – the highest rate [...]

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden’s compound last May.
Panetta told CBS’s “60 Minutes,” in a profile to be broadcast on Sunday, that Shakil Afridi helped provide intelligence for the raid [...]

Jan 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s petroleum authority Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) plans to resume bunkering operations which it stopped in 2008.

Jan 28, Colombo: Government medical officers in Sri Lanka warn that the country is facing the risk of losing the services of many doctors due to the failure to provide them with their due allowances and other perks.

The European Parliament Members (MEPs) have generally agreed that Sri Lanka needs Europe s construct..

Colombo: In a measure to reform the prison administration, Sri Lanka Ministry of Rehabilitation and ..

Jan 27, Moneragala: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he is committed to safeguard the cou..

Fitch Ratings Lanka says that its outlook for the majority of Sri Lankan banks is stable, underpinne..

The Mahinda Rajapaksa government, which included the likes of Minister Wimal Weerawansa, who paraded..

Colombo: The Motor Traffic Commissioner`s Department of Sri Lanka has decided to strictly implement ..

British Prime Minister David Cameron, a knight in shining armour on a much hyped crusade for human r..

Jan 28, Colombo: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka seeking the withdrawal of the controversial 2011 GCE Advanced Level examination results and the release of fresh results.

Before the Sydney Test, Glenn McGrath gave his typical prediction that Australia would win the series 4-0. Few people truly expected it to happen. But such has been the gulf between the two sides that four weeks later, Australia wrapped up a whitewash within 59 minutes on the last day at Adelaide Oval, the only [...]

(Lanka-e-News-27.Jan.2012,11.30PM) The police, Government and the pro Govt. media are moving heaven and earth to cover up the recent ruthless shooting at and brutalities committed on the unarmed prisoners in the Magazine prison violating even the international laws flagrantly…

Jan 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Heath has temporarily suspended the sale and used of a heart drug imported from Pakistan for safety reasons following the reports of recent deaths from a heart drug in Pakistan.

Sri Lanka's cricket chief defended the sacking of coach Geoff Marsh and the selection of a new team captain.

Jan 27, Moneragala: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he is committed to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and he will not hesitate to take any decision to protect the people and the country from any threat.

The consumption of alcohol has drastically increased in Sri Lanka over the five year period of 2006-..

Jan 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka Navy has again come to the aid of four Indian fishermen distressed in the seas off the northern coast of Jaffna Peninsula.

Sri Lanka A host England Lions in Dambulla in a tour match.

One of Sri Lanka’s most controversial diplomats gets a senior post advising the UN secretary general, the government says.

Jan 27, Colombo: Sultanate of Oman has assured that it was prepared to help Sri Lanka to meet its gas and oil needs in the event of a fuel crisis brought on by the United States sanctions on Iran’s oil exports.

Jan 27, Colombo: In a measure to reform the prison administration, Sri Lanka Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms has decided to transfer prison officials in every three years.

One of Sri Lanka's most controversial diplomats, former army Maj Gen Shavendra Silva, is appointed to a senior post at the UN, officials say.

Jan 27, Colombo: A lawyers’ association in Sri Lanka has condemned what it terms as tactics used by the government and its agents to disregard the fundamental rights of a citizens to conduct peaceful protests in the country.

Sri Lanka’s Commissioner General of Examinations W.M.N.J. Pushpakumara says that the Department of Examination Commissioner has received 147,000 applications for re-correction of results of the 2011 G.C.E. Advanced Level examination.

Jan 27, Colombo: The Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) of Sri Lanka has formed a platform consisting of university lecturers, intellectuals, students and trade unions to safeguard the free education system in the country.

Jan 27, Colombo: The Motor Traffic Commissioner’s Department of Sri Lanka has decided to strictly implement the laws against driving unregistered vehicles with garage numbers.

Somerset’s young wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler confirmed some of his potential as one of the most promising of England’s one-day prospects, with the first limited-overs century of his career against Sri Lanka A in Dambulla. Buttler hammered a 56-ball hundred to build on the good work from another tyro, Alex Hales, and his Somerset team-mate Craig [...]

(Lanka-e-News-27.Jan.2012, 6.00PM) All along it is in the month of January that the media personnel and Institutions in Sri Lanka have suffered most by way of attacks…

Jan 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute says that the post-harvest wastage figures for fruit and vegetable production are exaggerated.

Jan 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka police have arrested a man who was selling the meat of a leopard, an endangered animal in Sri Lanka.

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Oman may sell oil to Sri Lanka in the event of a crisis, which the island nation is racing to avert with U.S. sanctions on Iranian crude threatening its primary refining supply, Sri Lankan officials told Reuters on Friday. Omani Oil Minister Mohammad bin Hamad al-Rumhy on Friday was holding a second [...]

A young Tamil MP accuses the Sri Lanka Govt of not interested in implementing the recommendations of the LLRC.

The Spanish Language Diario La Tarde, an evening journal published by independent journalists in West Argentina said the recent web publication of the story “Genocidio: (Primera entrega) - La masacre de los Tamils en Sri Lanka,” [Genocide: (First Delivery) The Slaughter of Tamils in Sri Lanka] drew 22 million visits in two days. The [...]

The Spanish Language Diario La Tarde, an evening journal published by independent journalists in West Argentina said the recent web publication of the story “Genocidio: (Primera entrega) - La masacre de los Tamils en Sri Lanka,” [Genocide: (First Delivery) The Slaughter of Tamils in Sri Lanka] drew 22 million visits in two days. The [...]

Skeletons of two persons, allegedly slain by the Sri Lankan military in recent times, have been recovered from an abandoned well near a bund constructed by the occupying Sri Lanka Army in I’lavaalai, Pa’ndaththeruppu situated in Valikaamam in the Jaffna district on Wednesday. Brain parts found inside one of the two skulls indicate that the [...]

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The skeleton of a recently slain 28-year-old unmarried Tamil woman has been recovered near an abandoned military bund used by the Sri Lanka Army in A’rukuve’li, located along Kearatheevu Road (Jaffna - Mannaar Road) in Thenmaraadchi on Wednesday. The victim, Atputhamalar Subramaniyam, who had resettled in Thanangki’lappu near Ma’ravanpulavu of Thenmaraadchi last year, has been [...]

Jan 27, Colombo: During the Joint Commission meeting of Sri Lanka and Indonesia held Thursday the two countries have resolved to increase the bilateral trade to reach a target of US$ 1 billion within the next three years.

Jan 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka cabinet has given its approval to host the United Nations World Youth Conference in 2014.

Jan 27, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) plans to launch a program to draw the medical doctors who have left country for overseas opportunities, the newly elected president of the Association Prof. Vajira Dissanayake has said.

Sinhala plunderers from South who enter Vanni through Mannaar have been cutting valuable timber trees in large numbers and removing them to other parts of the island, people in Vanni complain. The Sri Lankan police is assisting the gangs that enter Vanni through Mannaar. The gangs are in possession of permits from the so-called ministry [...]

Jan 27, Colombo: Investigations following the riots and arsenal in Sri Lanka’s Magazine remand prison have revealed that two prison officials and eight major drug dealers were involved in the riots.

Jan 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka tea industry sources say that the prevailing severe drought has affected the tea cultivation and production.